Philippines Sitio San Roque Anaerobic Natural

Roast: Light 

Country: Philippines

Region: Pangantucan, Bukidnon, Mindanao

Producer: Kalsada Sitio San Roque mill

Processing: Anaerobic Natural

Variety: Costa Rica 95

Altitude: 1000-1500m

Tasting Notes 

Fragrant and flavorful with notes of bubblegum, passionfruit and tangerine. A juicy vibrant cup that fades to milk chocolate as it cools.

Sitio San Roque

In the Philippines 90% of the country's production is Robusta, and most of it is locally consumed. Nearly all of this coffees is locally consumed and goes to the instant coffee market. Specialty Arabica is hard to come buy here, let alone robusta

Luckily our friends at Kalsada in the Philippines have been working alongside growers to refine their coffees and bring them to the world stage. Our founder and green buyer Miguel first met the team from the then nascant Kalsada Coffee in Manila in 2013.

Shortly there after, due to a successful Kickstarter campaign, the social entrepreneurs at Kalsada Coffee were were able to raise $15,000 to set up a small wet-mill at Sitio Belis in Benguet, on the Philippines northern most island -Luzon. There a group of 50 families bring their coffee cherry for centralized processing.

Kalsada has since set up mills in other communities around Benguet, along with a new one called Sitio San Roque in Pigtauranan, Bukidon on the Philippines southern most island of Mindanao. where they process both Arabica and Robusta

The farms in this area are mostly planted with the Costa Rica 95 variety, a Catimor selection Costa Rica. This lot was produced as an anaerobic natural. Harvested between October 2023 and January 2024. The cherries were fermented for 4-6 days in sealed bags before being sun dried on raised beds.